Paris police ban hard-left music concert over fears of anti-police agitation
The event was due to take place on June 21 evening at Paris's Place de la République.
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France hard Left party turns national team football jersey into campaign cash grab
At €25, each purchase is framed as both a gesture of sporting patriotism and direct campaign financing.
Mélenchon threatens to sue Le Pen over edited ‘Nouvelle France’ video
"Say it publicly to deter the perpetrators, and we will leave it at that without involving the justice system".
LFI party chief Mélenchon to run for French presidency – again
As expected, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France Insoumise (LFI), who once said he wanted to step aside for a new generation and a “new France”, is running…
Retailleau creates watchdog for LFI party-led towns
Bruno Retailleau, leader of France’s Les Républicains (LR) and already positioning himself for the 2027 presidential election, has launched what he calls an “LFI…
Two new suspects arrested over the Lyon killing of Deranque
Two men aged 22 and 26 have been arrested in the Lyon region in connection with the killing of Quentin Deranque.
French RN party chief Bardella demands cordon sanitaire against LFI
Jordan Bardella, president of the French National Rally (RN) party, has issued a direct appeal to France’s centre-left to impose a “cordon sanitaire” on the…
Mélenchon wants French media conglomerates to be broken up or seized
Jean Luc Mélenchon, leader of radical left La France Insoumise (LFI), announced today at the party press conference that, if LFI wins the 2027 presidential election,…
French Némésis activist says group traumatised after supporter killed in Lyon
An activist from the right-wing feminist Némésis Collective has said the group’s members are “deeply traumatised” following the death of a 23-year-old man…
France’s LFI backs group seen as responsible for killing student
France remains gripped by shock and political fury following the death of 23-year-old Quentin Deranque, a mathematics student and nationalist activist beaten to…
Why polls show National Rally’s Bardella may be the next President of France
Paris is aflutter with talk of that poll – the one showing that Jordan Bardella would easily beat all potential rivals in the second round of 2027’s presidential…
‘Political earthquake’: Poll shows Bardella clear favourite for 2027 French elections
A new opinion poll conducted by Odoxa-Mascaret has projected that Jordan Bardella, President of France's right-wing National Rally (RN) party, would secure victory…
Unions slam state-owned France 2 for bias in “block everything” demonstration coverage
France's CGT union slammed state-owned France 2 and its news anchor Léa Salamé for a "pitiful newcast" covering widespread 10 September demonstrations across the…
‘Vive la révolte!’ Mélenchon calls for new French revolution
Radical Left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has called for a new French Revolution from an army of young left-wing workers, many of whom will try to bring France…
French left-wing LFI denies Le Monde journalists entry to political event
The French left-wing party La France Insoumise (LFI) has refused accreditation for journalists Olivier Pérou and Sandrine Cassini from Le Monde for its annual summer…
France’s hard left leader call for mass protest to ‘oust government’
France's hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon calls for mass protests to topple Prime Minister François Bayrou’s government.
French moderate Left turns on Mélenchon ahead of 2027 presidential race
France’s moderate Left has distanced itself from radical firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon as it lays the groundwork for a unified front in the 2027 presidential election.
France’s left-wing bigwig wants French language renamed to reflect its ‘creole roots’
The French language did not belong to the French anymore and they should think of renaming it to reflect its "creole nature", said the country's radical left-wing…
French left-wing leader blames ‘political police’ for detention of US streamer Hasan Piker
French left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has accused the US border control agency of becoming "a political police" following detention of an American left-wing…
We will protect you from ‘Gringo’ Trump, French left-wing leader tells Canadians
The leader of French left-wing party La France Insoumise (LFI), Jean-Luc Mélenchon, has voiced support for Canadian independence, denouncing what he described as…
Mélenchon: ‘France must lead new global order, push Russia back into Europe’
Radical French left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has declared that France must lead the reshaping of the global order.
France’s LFI breaks with Socialists: ‘They are no longer our allies’
Leader of France's La France Insoumise (LFI), Jean-Luc Mélenchon, has officially cut ties between his hard-left party and the Socialist Party, confirming the end…
French hard-left LFI readies for possible early elections
French hard-left party La France Insoumise (LFI) has been gearing up for a potential early presidential elections in France, campaigning to secure elected officials'…
Nativity scene has no place under Christmas tree, hard-left MEP claims
Manon Aubry, hard-left MEP for La France Insoumise (LFI), has taken aim at the nativity scene under Christmas trees in Brussels in her Christmas message to her supporters.
French hard-left chief brands Trump a ‘threat’, accuses US of ‘economic imperialism’ via NATO
French leader of the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI) party Jean-Luc Mélenchon has criticised US President-elect Donald Trump, describing him as "a threat" and…
Trump’s election spurs France’s LFI to call for more left-wing ‘radicalism’
Following the President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the United States, the French hard-left party La France Insoumise (LFI) has called for a shift towards left-wing…
Macron booed at Paralympics Games closing ceremony
During the closing ceremony of the Paralympics Games at the Stade de France, the audience heavily booed French President Emmanuel Macron.
Macron rejects left-wing government with French democracy in uncharted territory
French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed proposals from the left-wing alliance (New Popular Front) to form a government, citing the need for “institutional…
Macron may have more tricks up his sleeve, maybe dissolving the Assembly in a year’s time
Charles de Gaulle famously lamented that it was impossible to govern a country with 246 types of cheese.
France elections: Left-wing surprise win spooks EU markets
While investors and the Eurozone prepared for a hard-right victory on Sunday night, the surprise result spread uncertainty over the country's finances.